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the S ystem of mushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya S electing M embers for the S ub -C ommittees (3) In Shura 1942, Hadrat Khallfatul Masih IIra said: “I do not wish to make a long speech, I only want to speak to you about the selection o f members for various committees. Let me briefly reiterate what I have already said on a number o f occasions, that only people who are w ell versed in the relevant fields should be nominated for the committees. Sometimes the delegates behave irre sponsibly and propose the names o f people who are not members, or have not even come to Qadian. This causes unnecessary wastage o f time. So you should propose only the names o f those who are present in Qadian, are elected representatives, and are competent for the task. If you propose the name o f a person who is present in Qadian but is not a representative, it w ill not only waste a lot o f time but w ill also be a cause o f embarrassment to the person whose name has been proposed but he is not even a member o f Shura. Moreover, this would also be against the etiquette o f Shura. Only those people should be nominated who are representatives, are present in Qadian, and have some sort o f affinity with the task that they are to be entrusted. For instance, they may be secre taries (o f their Jama'ats) or people who are otherwise interested in the matter or possess relevant information. But when somebody does not fulfil these conditions, his name should not be proposed. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1942, p. 2] S ub -C ommittees should C onsist of P eople from A ll W alks of L ife (4) Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra gave another very impor tant guideline about the nomination o f members for the 282